From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:50:44 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Backpatch clarification of PGPASSWORD to 8.0.X.
X-Git-Tag: REL8_0_2~62
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9f312cde26a22a4982f197db361dd4edc8ffbbfc;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git

Backpatch clarification of PGPASSWORD to 8.0.X.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 373c257f539..9e51b7726b7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.178 2005/01/14 00:23:21 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.178.4.1 2005/02/26 18:50:44 momjian Exp $
 -->
 
  <chapter id="libpq">
@@ -3691,9 +3691,11 @@ sets the user name used to connect to the database.
 </indexterm>
 <envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
 sets the password used if the server demands password
-authentication.  This environment variable is deprecated for security
-reasons; instead consider using the <filename>~/.pgpass</>
-file (see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">).
+authentication.  Use of this environment variable is not 
+recommended for security reasons (some operating systems
+allow non-root users to see process environment variables via
+<application>ps</>); instead consider using  the 
+<filename>~/.pgpass</> file (see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">).
 </para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>